Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Good to see you at that regatta last week. Hope you know I was serious about that invitation for you and your lovely wife to come and stay with us in Rhode Island for a while. You and I can go Lasering a different place every day during the week and then we can do a regatta somewhere nearby at the weekend.

But I understand that (like me) you prefer to travel to sailing venues where your wife can find something interesting to do during the day while you are sailing. So here are few ideas off the top of my head for things to do around here. My blogging friend Carol Anne says that I should tell you about the "offbeat" activities, not the stuff that is on the radar of the average tourist. Well, I've done a bit of both, so I hope your wife will find something on this list that appeals to her.

Or if you come for the July 4th weekend we can go and watch the parade in Bristol, the oldest continuous celebration of its kind in the United States!

If you feel inclined to buy your hostess a thank-you gift then you couldn't do better than to buy a plant for the garden from Tillerwoman's favorite nursery, Peckham's Greenhouse in Little Compton

Whatever our wives find to do around here and wherever we go sailing, at the end of the day we can all meet at the absolutely best place to be and for the best thing to do: our deck for cocktails and a bottle or two of wine, and watching the sun set over Mount Hope Bay. Cheers mate!

I was amazed how easy it was to write that list. Most of those things we have done in our first couple of years here, or plan to do very soon. I could have listed many more restaurants, beaches, nature reserves, places for walks, wineries... this was just a sample. And pretty much everything on the list is within 20 miles or so of our house...

If you're at Sweet Berry Farms (and if you're close, you should be), get the ice cream (not the soft serve, the homemade stuff in the freezers). Best I've ever had! Seriously! And I like my ice cream! A LOT!

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